What It Feels Like...to Give Up That Walk-Off Grand Slam

By
Joe Borowski, 37, Cleveland Indians

Jul 28, 2008

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As a closer, you're the last line of defense, and I absolutely love it. I take the good with the bad. I don't ride roller coasters. In that situation with Torii Hunter, you've faced him before, and you've gotten him out before. You let the ball go -- it was a slider on a 1-0 count -- and you know the second it comes out of your hand that it's not exactly going where you want it to, the way it has 90 percent of the time. To see him swing and hit it is the ultimate deflation. It's almost like you see it in slow motion. I saw him hit it and just knew it was out, and I started walking off the field. You feel like you've let everybody down. We fought to get back in that game. It's not easy. -As told to Anthony Castrovince, MLB.COM

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